obama
Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 10:36amWASHINGTON (AP) - Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for the...
Democrats set movie night at annual dinner
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/09/2012 - 6:00amDouglas County Democratic Central Committee's annual Keep Nevada Blue Dinner, "Sweet Repeats in 2012," features Movie Night with President Obama, Celebrating the Unions of America.The event is set ...
Obama to Congress: 'Keep going' on economy front
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 10:21amWASHINGTON (AP) - Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. He urged lawmakers ...
South Lake Tahoe to undergo a ‘complete physical’
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 8:09amBarton Health and other community organizations and businesses have joined forces to give South Lake Tahoe and its surrounding areas a “complete physical.”
According to Monica Sciuto, Community Health Needs Assessment Lead Coordinator and Director of Public Relations at Barton Health, “For years, healthcare has been focused on treating individuals. If we are going to create a healthcare system that is right for our area, we need to broaden that focus to the entire community. This project will help us accomplish that.”
SAUNDERS: Obama imposes his will, ignores Constitution
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 10:30amFrom San Francisco, where I live, the controversy over the White House decision to require church-affiliated employers to provide contraception in their employee health care benefits has felt like ...
Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 4:47pmWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year but that would drop to $575 billion in 2018 if the president gets his wish to rais...
10 states get education waivers
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 10:11amWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the ...
Douglas County picks Romney
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 9:00amGARDNERVILLE, Nev. - Douglas County Republicans followed much of the rest of the state in betting on the lead horse in the race to find a challenger to take on President Obama.Massachusetts Gov....
Obama administration rejects Medi-Cal copayments
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:14amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal health officials on Monday said California cannot force Medi-Cal recipients to make a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription drugs, a decision that brings relie...
Obama administration rejects Medi-Cal copayments
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 10:14amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal health officials on Monday said California cannot force Medi-Cal recipients to make a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription drugs, a decision that brings relie...
Republican Presidential Candidates Make Their Pitch In Reno As Saturday Caucus Nears
Submitted by Editor on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:26am
RENO — From a cheering crowd of several hundred at a brief but energetic Mitt Romney rally to a more subdued event for Rick Santorum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition to another well-attended rally for Ron Paul, it was a trifecta of presidential candidates in Reno ahead of the Saturday GOP caucus.
Romney got the balling rolling at the Grove, with an estimated 800 supporters packed inside and standing outside the event center in South Reno. Romney spoke briefly to those standing outside before giving a short but enthusiastic speech to those crowded inside.
Education Roundup: Lake Tahoe Unified ahead of the game with healthy
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:07amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With new school meal rules handed down from Michelle Obama and the United State Department of Agriculture, schools across the country are eyeing their menus to see if ...
Obama spends bulk of State of the Union address on economy
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 9:17pmFull Text of President Obama's State of the Union address; GOP response
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 7:47pm
The following is the complete text of President Obama's State of the Union address as written.
Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery
State of the Union Address
"An America Built to Last"
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Washington, DC
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
Obama to take on economy in State of the Union
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:12amWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is ready to reclaim the spotlight with a plea for economic fairness in a State of Union address that opposition Republicans panned in advance as a rehash of...
Democrats Caucus In Nevada To Support President Obama For A Second Term
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 10:01pmCARSON CITY — Nearly 250 capital city Democrats took time out today to participate in the party caucus, supporting President Barack Obama in a process that held no surprises for the party faithful.
The caucus at the Carson City Middle School was one of 118 held around Nevada today as the state Democrat Party gears up for the 2012 election.
Unlike 2008, when the Democrat nominee was still undecided at the time of the caucus, the nonbinding ballot had two options: the president or uncommitted. Obama was getting strong support among participants.
SAUNDERS: President should do the right thing with accused Marines
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 6:00amPresident Barack Obama should pardon the four Marines who were captured on video as they urinated on three corpses, presumably dead Taliban.After the video went viral last week, Secretary of State ...
Transcript from Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 1:29pm
Budget cuts and temporary taxes were on tap this morning in California Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address. Below is a transcript of his speech. Go here for an audio version and post-speech analysis moderated by Marianne Russ with Jean Ross, Executive Director of the California Budget Project, former Republican Assemblyman Roger Niello, media/political analyst Barbara O'Connor.
Proactively Pursuing the Health of Our Community in 2012
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 7:10pm
The New Year has always been the perfect time to reflect and look ahead with a fresh perspective. As the primary wellness provider for the South Lake Tahoe area, I would like to address questions you may have about the future of healthcare and what Barton Health has planned for 2012 and beyond.
Obamas mark King's birthday with volunteer outing
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:33pmWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama evoked Martin Luther King, Jr.'s own words about public service Monday as Obama and his family celebrated the life of the late civil rights leader with a...
Tahoe Today: End of the world or just the start of a new year?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 6:00amPredictions for 2012:- President Obama will be re-elected in the 2012 election. Don't shoot the messenger. This is what I see for 2012 and beyond. Funny thing about this prediction, two years befor...
Tahoe Today: End of the world or just the start of a new year?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 6:00amPredictions for 2012:- President Obama will be re-elected in the 2012 election. Don't shoot the messenger. This is what I see for 2012 and beyond. Funny thing about this prediction, two years befor...
GUEST COLUMN: No Obama scandals this year? Not so fast, elite media
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:24amWith 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowb...
D.C. tax drama averted, for a while
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 9:45amWASHINGTON - Their isolation complete, House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll t...
Gridlock could hurt 1.1M unemployed Californians
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/22/2011 - 10:18amSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - About 1.1 million unemployed Californians will be affected if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to break their political deadlock before the end of the year, state ...
Nevada Governor Makes First Formal Tribal Appointment To Cabinet
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:10pm
By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today appointed Ted Quasula, chairman of the Nevada Indian Commission, to serve as a member of his cabinet. According to tribal representatives and State Archives, the appointment marks the first time in Nevada history that tribes will have formal representation at the cabinet level.
Bill opens ski areas to summer recreation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 9:00amA new bill signed by President Obama Monday could turn Lake Tahoe ski resorts into year-round playgrounds. But don't expect waterslides down your favorite run, because that is now clearly illega...
Bill opens ski areas to summer recreation
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 9:00amA new bill signed by President Obama Monday could turn Lake Tahoe ski resorts into year-round playgrounds. But don't expect waterslides down your favorite run, because that is now clearly illega...
Forest Service welcomes more California jobs under new ski legislation
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:30pmBy John Heil
California is expected to see a boost in its local mountain economies as a result of a new legislation that now permits year-long recreation opportunities on U.S. Forest Service ski areas. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Nov. 7, is estimated to create and annually sustain up to 600 extra jobs nationwide.
Game wants to inspire the next Barack Obama
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 3:49pmRyan JohnsonGame had no shortage of trials and tribulations growing up, including getting shot multiple times. During his recovery, he was able to study the art of rapping and hip-hop, which beg...
Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:40pmLAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief on Monday to hundreds of thousands of Americans, his latest attempt to ease the economic and political fallout of a housing crisis th...
President Obama expected to sign public lands ski and snowboard bill
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 8:24pmUnderground ski and snowboarding journalism website UnofficialNetworks.com reports that President Obama is expected to sign legislation that would make snowboarding legal on public lands.
SAUNDERS: Scrapping CLASS act is the right thing to do
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:20amOn Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the Obama administration was ending the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or CLASS, Act - enacted as...
SAUNDERS: A field in which Obama takes no prisoners
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 9:35amIn May 2009, President Barack Obama proclaimed at the U.S. Naval Academy, "As Americans, we reject the false choice between our security and our ideals."That was the Obama who signed an order to cl...
Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 10:45amBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melo...
Obama administration approves solar loans in Nevada, Arizona
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 8:52amWASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of ...
New report pushes the importance of conservation industry
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 10:27amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - As the Obama administration seeks to spur job growth across the country, a new report urges the president to consider creating jobs by conserving public lands.Published b...
SAUNDERS: A 'Fair share' of an anemic economy
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:17am"None of the changes I'm proposing are easy or politically convenient," President Obama noted from the Rose Garden on Monday. I've never seen a president less in a hurry to get things done - or as ...
SAUNDERS: Solyndra debacle spotlights Obama's folly
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 10:00amLast year, President Barack Obama came to the Bay Area to tout "green jobs" at an event at solar panel manufacturer Solyndra's Fremont plant. Quoth the president: "The true engine of economic growt...
Obama edict on deportation a relief to
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 1:59pmBy Stephen Magagnini, Sacramento Bee. For years, Roberto Guzman was afraid to drive to class at Sacramento City College for fear he would be pulled over and deported to Mexico. Now Guzman – whose pa...
SAUNDERS: Obama's lowest priority
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:32amPresident Barack Obama is in a pickle. Immigration enforcement actually is working - or at least it was working.Under the Obama administration, the government has removed almost 400,000 illegal imm...
Obama congratulates Giants
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 6:00amWASHINGTON - A sea of orange and a chorus of "Beat LA!" chants surrounded the San Francisco Giants in the East Room of the White House Monday afternoon.Joined by House Majority Leader Nancy Pelo...
- « first
- ‹ previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
